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Not only is India gobbling up the coal coming out of the ground at Consol Energy Inc.’s Pennsylvania Mining Complex, according to its head of coal marketing, but other countries are starting to clamber as well. “I think the Europeans are cognizant of what’s going on in Southeast Asia,” said James McCaffrey, who recently spent […]

The national organization warns that blocking coals exports sets bad precedent for U.S. farmers The American Farm Bureau Federation has accused Washington of hijacking national trade and foreign policies by refusing to let Powder River Basin coal pass through the state on its way to Asia. The Farm Bureau, joined by other industry organizations, made […]

An industry trade group is joining the legal fight to approve a proposal to build the largest coal terminal in the U.S. in Washington. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) filed an amicus brief to a U.S. district court in Washington Wednesday, siding with Millennium Bulk Terminals in its lawsuit against the state for blocking […]

The National Mining Association (NMA) today filed an amicus brief supporting Lighthouse Resources, Inc.’s challenge to the State of Washington’s denial of permits required to build the Millennium Bulk Terminal. Lighthouse’s suit charges that efforts by Washington state Governor Jay Inslee and members of his administration to block coal mined in Wyoming, Montana and other […]

The coal industry, farmers and refiners are pushing back against the state of Washington’s “illegal” efforts to block the construction of a major export terminal that would increase energy exports to Asian markets. “Washington state’s actions are an illegal effort to interfere and obstruct interstate and foreign commerce of an essential energy commodity, in violation […]

Amid web of legal challenges, proponents of $680 million coal terminal project press on. Despite a growing tangle of litigation, backers of Millennium Bulk Terminals’ $680 million coal terminal in Longview are still optimistic that the project eventually will get built. In fact, the parent company behind the terminal is pursuing a new strategy […]

Everything looks good in coal country as exports in 2018 have been booming. Virginia is now leading the nation as the number one exporter of the product, with exports out of the Hampton Roads region skyrocketing. During the first financial quarter of 2018, 10.3 million tons of coal were shipped out of Hampton Roads, a […]

In a week of disappointing news from coal firms, Cloud Peak Energy, the only pure Powder River Basin coal company in Wyoming, had one highlight to catch the attention of Wyoming. Despite a $7 million loss starting out 2018, the company was pleased by its export prospects, carrying Powder River Basin coal to Asia. Wyoming […]

Coal exports in Hampton Roads, the nation’s biggest coal-exporting port, are collectively still on a roll. For the first quarter of 2018, Hampton Roads shipped 10.3 million tons of coal, a 16 percent increase from 8.9 million tons in the same period a year ago, according to data from Norfolk-based T. Parker Host Inc., the […]